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101:1 A good king’s pledge
A Sovereign’s Pledge of Integrity and Justice; A King’s Promise
A song by David.
Of David. A Psalm.; Of David. A psalm.; A psalm of David.; For David: a psalm
101 I will sing about your loyal commitment and justice.
I’ll sing praises to you, Yahweh.
2 I will choose to ≈live a blameless life.
When will you come to me?
I’ll walk with integrity within my ≈own home.
3 I won’t ≈feast my eyes on worthless things.
I hate deceitful activities—#they won’t cling to me.
4 ≈I will fight my inner perversity.
I ≈refuse to take part in evil.
5 I’ll destroy anyone who slanders their neighbour ≈behind their back.
I won’t ≈tolerate anyone who has a proud and arrogant attitude.
6 It’s the faithful people in the land ≈who’ll be my mentors.
Those who walk in the way of integrity will be welcome to serve me.
7 ≈I don’t want deceitful >people living in my house.
≈Those who lie ≈aren’t welcome in my presence.
8 ≈Morning by morning I’ll destroy all the wicked >people in the country.
≈I’ll remove ≈everyone who does evil from Yahweh’s city.
↑ 101 Of_Dāvid a_song\f + \fr 101:1 \ft Note: KJB: Ps.
101.
1\f* covenant_loyalty and_justice I_will_sing to/for_yourself(m) Oh_YHWH I_will_sing_praises.
2 I_will_give_attention in/on/at/with_way blameless when will_you_come to_me I_will_walk_about in/on/at/with_integrity_of heart_of_my in/on/at/with_midst_of house_of_my.
3 Not I_will_set at_before eyes_of_my a_thing_of worthlessness the_doing swerving_deeds I_hate not it_will_cling in/on/at/with_me.
4 A_heart perverse it_will_depart from_me evil not I_will_know.
5 one_who_slanders_of\f + \fr 101:5 \ft OSHB variant note: מלושני: (x-qere) ’מְלָשְׁנִ֬י’: lemma_3960 morph_HVmrmsc id_19ASC מְלָשְׁנִ֬י\f* in/on/at/with_secret his/its_neighbour DOM_him I_will_destroy a_person_haughty_of eyes and_arrogant_of heart DOM_him/it not I_will_be_able.
6 Eyes_of_my in/on/at/with_faithful_of the_earth that_dwell with_me one_who_walks in/on/at/with_way blameless he minister_to_me.
7 Not he_will_dwell in/on/at/with_midst_of house_of_my one_who_does_of (of)_deceit one_who_speaks lies not he_will_be_established in_before presence_of_my.
8 In_the_mornings I_will_destroy all_of the_wicked_people_of the_land so_as_to_cutting_off from_city_of YHWH all_of those_who_do_of (of)_wickedness.
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